Suspenders.



Patented .Oct. 23, I900.

AITTORNEY F W OSTROM SUSPENDERSL (Lpphcatmnfllediab. 6 1000) No. 660,l65.

WITNESSES:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREELAND W. OSTROM, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO STEPHEN C. OSBORNE, OF SAME PLACE.

SUSPENDERS.

sPEcIFIcATIoN formingm of Letters Patent N6. 660,165, dated October 23, 1900.

Application filed February 6, 1900- Serial No. 4,173. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREELAND W. OSTROM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bridgeport, county of Fairfield, State of Con- 5 necticut, have invented new and useful Suspenders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has for its object to so improve the construction of suspenders as to permit the lowering of trousers without disconnecting the back Suspender-ends from the trousers and without danger-of losing the front ends, so that the trousers may be drawn up to place and the front Suspender-ends again I attached to the trousers without inconvenience to stout men and without the necessity for removing either overcoat, coat, or vest, an important feature of my novel suspenders being that the advantage above referred to is obtained without appreciably increasing the cost of production and without changing the construction to such an extent as to interfere to the slightest degree with use in the ordinary manner, if preferred.

2 5 With these ends in view my invention consists in providing the front Suspender-ends with a cross connection, which may be either detachable or permanent, as preferred, all substantially as hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figures 1 and 2 illustrate variant forms of detachable cross connections between the front suspender-ends,

5 and Fig. 3 a form of permanent cross connection between the front suspender-ends, Fig. 1 showing in full lines the ordinary position of the suspenders in use and in dotted lines the position of the front suspender-ends and the cross connection when the suspenders are drawn up toward the neck, as in lowering the trousers, without disconnecting the back suspender-ends, and Fig. 2 showing in dotted lines the ordinary position of a pair of susponders provided with another form of cross connection and in full lines the position of the front suspender-ends and the cross connection when the suspenders are drawn up to the neck, as in lowering the trousers, without disconnecting the back Suspender-ends. A denotes a pair of suspenders, which may .pender-ends.

be of any ordinary or preferred material or style, B the back suspender-ends, and C the front Suspender-ends, each of said ends being provided with the usual two loops or attaching-eyes 10 of any suitable construction.

.The special material, style, or mode of attachment of the cross connection for the front Suspender-ends is not of the essence of my invention, but maybe varied to an almost unlimited extent without departing from the principle thereof, provided the said cross connection is adjacent to the two front eyes or loops, which are to be attached to the front buttons of the trousers. In Fig. 1 the connection consists of an S-shaped link, which I have specifically indicated by 11 and which is adapted to engage the eyes of the front sus- In Fig. 2 the connection consists of a pair of tabs 12, which are attached to the respective front suspender-ends and are provided with the complementary parts of an ordinary stud-and-socket catch, which I have indicated by 13, and in Fig. 3 the connection consists of a textile strip 14, which 5 may be permanently attached to the respective front suspender-ends.

In each of the forms shown it will be observed that the connection is between the portions of the suspender-ends which carry the eyes or loops for the two front buttons of the trousers or nether garment to be supported by the suspenders. As above stated, there is no interference whatever with the use of the suspenders in the ordinary manner. Of the four loops or eyes of the front suspenderends the outer ones are attached to side buttons and the inner or front ones are attached to the front buttons in the usual manner, there being no change whatever in the construction of the suspenders themselves or in the location of the buttons on the nether garment.

, The presence of my improved cross connection does not interfere at all with the practice, 5 which is quite common, of engaging two loops or eyes with a single button when the button for one of said eyes has been lost. Furthermore, a user may detach the eyes from the front buttons and take up the slack in the roo main webs of the suspenders, so that the two connected front ends will extend across a shirt-bosom to hold the same fiat against the chest.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. In a suspender the combination with the two front suspender-ends each having two attaching eyes or loops, of a cross connection for the portions of the suspenderends which carry the eyes or loops for the two front buttons of a nether garment, said connection being'adjacent to said front eyes or loops.

2. In a suspender the combination with the two front suspender-ends each having two at- FREELAND W. OSTROM.

Witnesses:

A. M. Woos'rnn, S. W. ATHERTON. 

